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In reply to the discussion: How about raising the Medicare age on the top one percent? [View all]Edit history
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I favor a higher retirement age for people like me that have jobs that don't require constant
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#16
Means testing is a slippery slope. We need to lower the Medicare age to zero, like so many other
Overseas
Dec 2012
#21
If all income will be subject to a Medicare tax then we do not need to raise the eligibility age.
Overseas
Dec 2012
#73
Pure greed may caused them to object, but it won't devastate them to raise the age, whereas
Overseas
Dec 2012
#64
Means-testing of Social Security or Medicare is the sneakiest way to kill off either program.
Nye Bevan
Dec 2012
#23
Yes but it would open the door to lowering the bar further down the food chain
Warren Stupidity
Dec 2012
#52
why not just apply medicare/fica taxes to ALL income and capital gains, with no monetary cap...?
Mel Content
Dec 2012
#35
The only problem when you do something like this, and I'm not opposed to using
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#54
Medicare is for everybody. It is not welfare for the poor. You are calling for privatization.
limpyhobbler
Dec 2012
#68
And you are saying that ALL rich people are advocating for this policy, so let's screw 'em all.
mainer
Dec 2012
#75
Raise the Medicare age on people who don't use Medicare in the first place?
Spider Jerusalem
Dec 2012
#77
No. I'm against incrementally privatizing Medicare, losing premiums, and shrinking the risk pool.
limpyhobbler
Dec 2012
#94
"As someone above pointed out, the rich will destroy anything they don't get."
ProSense
Dec 2012
#109
No. Keep SS & MC universal. Anything less contributes to the destruction of the formula that's
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#129